In Reply to: Combine Fires posted by JerBear on February 14, 2002 at 16:26:21:

Here we go something I know about.1st fire 1990 in fall new job after factory job.Was driving 550 massey in bean's (MAGORITY OF FIRES COMBO OF BEAN DUST AND HEAT)when I notice a burning smell look around don't see nothing keep driving.After a couple hours I'm going ballistic trying to find out what's on fire.Open little door behind the cab to see seperator clutch shooting 2foot flames off of it.Grab fire extinguisher and put out only to reignite a couple of times before going for water to wash dust away.Next day tightened clutch and harvested for many more year's putting clutch on fire occasionally for many times after.1nce drove down road with park brake on that created a fire also put out and used hydro for brakes after that.just started our 8560 on fire this last week second time.First time plugged combine in bean's at night made seperator clutch get hot started dust on fire.Other morning same thing wet conditions plugged combine and started clutch on fire.No big deal know all about it now.As for the guy in successful farming who claims he hasn't had a fire in 30 years is lieing or ignorit of the fires in his machines.In soybean's it's impossible to be fire free from the dust you can get in 100feet than same dust collected over a day.